The practice of making charitable donations is prosaic in American society; accordingly, in this mundane culture, benefactors are frequently motivated for reasons other than their own magnanimity. Illustratively, in my community, a local public broadcasting station fundraises and offers a special, refillable coffee vessel in exchange for a certain sum of donation. This is not unusual, in fact, when acts of charity are requested, organizations often incentivize support. Their goal is to create a situation that is more conducive to gathering contributions; thus, an increase of procurement rate occurs. Another reason that acts of benefaction are not selfless is because of the social pressure that is often applied and surrounds charity.
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Provided that the enticement is moral, a charity should utilize any and all means in order to advance its noble cause, otherwise it can neither be pursued nor fulfilled, eventually resulting in a failed charity that has not justification to exist. Because altruistic yield is substantially larger when an incentive is provided, it follows that such organizations implement enticements to afford themselves additional means. It is often argued that ethical individuals donate out of their own goodness, not for requital. When put to further study, this rhetoric is quickly dispelled. This rhetoric fails because it does not recognize the ultimate result, the enactment of a charitable deed, an occurrence better than the alternative, a charity being denied a contribution. All in all, it is better for a charity to utilize requital then to not utilize such strategies of …show more content…
The existence of charities is certainly both justified and necessitated in the world. One charity that has shaped the world in which we live today for the better is the Red Cross, an organization which helps people afflicted with the destruction of natural disaster and war. The Red Cross has existed since the 1860's and has made its mark on human history as an organization associated with the best of humanity, while implementing various incentives to donate. Without the work of this and other such noble organizations, the world would be a much worse place, and in order to conduct this vital ministry, organizations rely on charity. To eliminate any source of revenue for these charities as ill-begotten resources would be a direct attack not only on the work that they do, but the people that they benefit and serve. To condemn a form of resource gathering, incentivized fundraisers as unethical is immoral in and of itself, as it would deny resources to the charities that provide much of the good that exists in the
Provided that the enticement is moral, a charity should utilize any and all means in order to advance its noble cause, otherwise it can neither be pursued nor fulfilled, eventually resulting in a failed charity that has not justification to exist. Because altruistic yield is substantially larger when an incentive is provided, it follows that such organizations implement enticements to afford themselves additional means. It is often argued that ethical individuals donate out of their own goodness, not for requital. When put to further study, this rhetoric is quickly dispelled. This rhetoric fails because it does not recognize the ultimate result, the enactment of a charitable deed, an occurrence better than the alternative, a charity being denied a contribution. All in all, it is better for a charity to utilize requital then to not utilize such strategies of …show more content…
The existence of charities is certainly both justified and necessitated in the world. One charity that has shaped the world in which we live today for the better is the Red Cross, an organization which helps people afflicted with the destruction of natural disaster and war. The Red Cross has existed since the 1860's and has made its mark on human history as an organization associated with the best of humanity, while implementing various incentives to donate. Without the work of this and other such noble organizations, the world would be a much worse place, and in order to conduct this vital ministry, organizations rely on charity. To eliminate any source of revenue for these charities as ill-begotten resources would be a direct attack not only on the work that they do, but the people that they benefit and serve. To condemn a form of resource gathering, incentivized fundraisers as unethical is immoral in and of itself, as it would deny resources to the charities that provide much of the good that exists in the